Saturday, September 27, 2008

Day 2

We made our way out the Golden Gate and right into the fog - cold, gray and a big Pacific swell. Heading south, we split into two 4-hour watches and made an average of about 4 knots. With the wind nearly dead astern, and wind light and moving about, we had a hard time keeping the headsail filled and elected to run through the night under just the mainsail.

No one was feeling well in the rolling swell - it was impossible to eat or drink, and the fog made it very cold and damp. By morning, we were all wiped out, and decided to take a break.

We came in through the fog to Stillwater Cove, which turns out to be right under the end of the famous Pebble Beach golf course! It is nice and calm and still, we ate and slept up and cleaned things up on the boat. The stars are out and magnificent for the moment, until the marine layer comes back in.

We'll head out in the morning for Port San Luis, which is likely to take another 24 hours. Our run yesterday was about 105 miles, which wasn't bad given the conditions.